When I talk to dog owners about how good their dogs are at coming when they are called I nearly always get the answer that the dog is trained to come when she’s called and is very good at the recall, except when something distracts her. To me that says that the dog is not […]
A week on Sunday is Bonfire Night and you can bet there’ll be plenty of bangs, whizzes and crashes rending the skies, from this weekend onwards. This is the time of year when thousands of our household pets will be cowering in terror or running away in fear from all these noises and lights that […]
Barking is not really the problem in domesticated dogs. It’s stopping it when you’ve had enough that causes the headaches! Barking is natural for dogs. It’s a signal to the rest of the world and they often enjoy doing it. They use it to communicate with other dogs and with people and we sometimes encourage […]